like a visit from kevin spacey. what's kept erica going is the preschool classes she teaches in maryland. this girl made her a video on youtube with help from mom. >> what did you want to tell her? >> i love you. >> what else did you tell me? you missed her. >> very much. bye. >> reporter: in maryland, erica will start physical therapy and learn to walk with a prosthetic leg. her motto is, she's one tough cookie. she knows it will be a long road ahead. but with a send-off this week, erica's fresh start at home will have a touch of boston strong. randi kaye, cnn, boston. >> way to go, erica. by the way, after that piece ran last night on "ac 360" the program got a bunch of e-mails identify joan. and the ac team has made contact

with joan working to bring erica and joan together. see the reunion in the next couple of days. thanks for watching. "around the world" is next. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. >> turkey, two people are dead, thousands injured, as anti-government protests continue in the streets. take a look at this. protesters directing anger at the government and security forces who fired tear gas and water cannons. we'll have the latest live from just ahead. >> the fbi wants you to help them find a u.s. marine reservist. they say torres was kidnapped along with his father and uncle by armed men across the boarder in northeastern mexico, about

170 miles south of corpus christi, texas. he drove across the border to visit his father. fbi says they were kidnapped after they arrived. they have not been seen or heard from since. >> and in south africa, oscar pistorius the blade runner, as you know aappeared in court tod. the olympic and paralympic star charged with murdering his girlfriend on valentine's day. he says he shot her because he thought she was an intruder. the prosecution asked for more time to investigate. a judge granted that request, delayed the case, until august 19th, that would have been steenkamp's 30th birthday. turkey, sweeping protests across the country showing no signs of letting up. earlier today demonstrators trying to march to the prime minister's office, squared off against police. have a look.

streets around central square in instant bull, calmer. but the protesters seemed determined to keep the protests going. nick, our signal might be weak because we are around the world trying to communicate with you. tell us what is the scene now? >> reporter: i'm in ankara, turkish capital. no use of tear gas. but things have changed in the last hour. i think we'll pan into what's behind me over there. you can see four armored water cannon vehicles that have moved in to face a large crowd of protester. some hours trying to get into the central square. that's the large area you can see behind where i'm standing. there's a line of riot police

between them and those armored vehicles and another armored vehicle keeps moving back and forth between them. this is the most amount of police resources directed towards the crowd today. much more peaceful. but we've heard consistent chants and attempts for people to try to move into the square interrupted by police who have made the clear decision not to use tear gas like they have, causing the angry response from the crowd. unfortunately what we're seeing is what many feared, as crowds build up in number and dusk begins to fall a more tense atmosphere is falling. >> the deputy prime minister had a news conference apologized for police aggression against some initial protests, a consolatory tone than his boss used. today you saw at rival of islamists, say pro-government protesters. is that a worrying development,

civilian against civilian potentially? >> reporter: sense i spoke to you last, they appear to have left the square. but what we have now instead is traditional stand-off with police facing off an increasingly tired and might say angry crowd here. no v violence today. in the absence of tear gas and the heavy-handed police response the protesters have been calm. the first one we saw was mostly 16, 17, 18-year-olds chanting and troubling in some ways, two of the girls written their blood type on their arm with age, something i've seen in war zones from special forces worrying about getting a quick blood transfusion in the event of being injured. great fear amongst protesters here. a lot of the time what's spurring them on. the apology from the deputy prime minister went as far as to apologize to environmentalists for the initial protests in

istanbul but went on to say they weren't going to allow freedom of life of other people interrupted by protests. they want to hear directly from the prime minister himself and want to hear noncaveated open apology. michael? >> all right. nick, appreciate it. let us know if anything develops. nick paton walsh in the turkish capital, an cora. dzhokhar tsarnaev allowed to talk to his parents. he called them from the prison hospital in massachusetts where he's being held. as you know, parents, they are in the russian republic of dagestan. >> the conversation happened last week. his mother recorded it. phil black following the story from moscow. this is the only phone conversation the parents have had wit their 19-year-old son since he was taken into custody in march. what do we know about what was said. >> reporter: well, michael, in the recording you can hear dzhokhar speaking russian. as his mother is listening to the recording, a week or so

later after the call, she's still clearly emotional. still very upset by this. we are told that at the time the conversation took place, they were not allowed to discuss details of the boston case itself. the attack or any sort of information specifically relating to that. so it's very much dominated by his parents expressing concern, asking questions about his health and well-being and trying to comfort him. but it often sounds like he's the one doing comforting. at one point, he is asked, is he in any pain. and this was his reply. he says, no, of course not. i'm already eating and have been for a long time. they are giving me rice and ching n chicken now. everything's even. he replies, everything is good. please don't say anything. his mother said she was surprised by how calm, clear, and in control he was. she expected him to be far more emotional, to be demanding answers to his precise serb s circumstances, what's going on. but quite often it was him

calming her and telling her everything's going to be okay in the end. phil, the parents have insisted from the start that their sons were innocent and the mother initial lirlirly called the bomg allegations a setup. >> they are, suzanne. after the conversation they say the issue of his guilt or innocent didn't come up when they were speaking and it wouldn't even if it there wasn't that restriction on what they were able to talk about because they believe that both he and his older brother are aren't and they believe, very strongly, they are victims of some elaborate setup. >> the reports of donations coming in to the tsarnaev family from people around the world? a lot of americans would be surprised when you consider, you know, four people killed, more than 260 wounded in the attacks. what does mum say about that.

>> this comes from that interview that conversation they had with their son. they say that they have received as much as $8,000 of donations. they didn't specify sources but around the world, people who sympathize with dzhokhar or believe he is innocent. when they talked to him on the phone they raised the issue of money and they say he said he didn't need it because he's been receiving money. again, he didn't specify the source. but he said he's already received around $1,000. >> phil, good to see you. >> fascinating conversation. >> really. more of what we're working for "around the world." a u.s. marine reservist, iraq war veteran kidnapped in mexico. we'll tell you who authorities think is behind it and what they're doing to try to get him released. ♪ >> and the royal family returns to westminster abbey to mark the

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welcome back. more stories making news around the world. u.n. investigators report reasonable grounds, their words, to believe chemical weapons used recently in syria by both sides. >> as war escalating over the past 26 months leaving 80,000 people dead. today's u.n. report says both government and rebel forces are accused of using toxins. but the findings, they are still inconclusive because more evidence is needed. the u.n. says war crimes and crimes against humanity reached new levels of brutality. >> worrying. the protests sweeping across turkey, we've been reporting about, no longer about a park. they are targeting the prime minister and increasing islamism in the country.

>> demonstrators back in the central square and ankara the capital. thousands injured. sunday at least two people died. >> want to bring in fareed zakaria. good to see you. talk about turkey. an important u.s. ally in the region and of course around the muslim world. prime minister was at the white house two weeks ago. this look likes one of the biggest protest movements against him in nearly his decade of power. realistically, what kind of trouble is in he at this moment? >> he's in trouble, but it's a sign of turiturkish democracy deepening. won three elections, turkey has a divided system, lots of parties. his party won almost 50% of the vote in the last election. so he's a popular man. he's the most popular turkish leader since the founder of the republic. but he's also a very polarizing

figure. what i think you're seeing ten years of rule, somewhat authoritarian style is producing a very strong backlash among his opponents. i don't think this means he's political politically in trouble in the sense he's going to have to step down or anything like that, but i think it means he's going to have to in some way address this issue and recognize that he has had a fairly polarizing effect. there has to be some bridge building, some healing, between this great divide in turkey among the islamists or regular turks on the one hand and a secular elite in is stan bull on the other. >> a turkish spring here? >> no, not at all. remember, turkey is a democracy. erdogan has been elected and re-elected and re-elected again. the party's popular. he's popular. but there's an opposition that doesn't like him. if you want -- if you look for

an analogy this is more in common with the polarization of politics in america. you may win the election by 51% of the vote but the or 49% really doesn't like you and is out on the streets to prove it. >> while we've got you, fareed, i want to ask you about syria, the u.n. report that says u.n. saying reasonable grounds believe chemical aides used on both sides. there's fears of water born illness, the health care system is shot. i'm curious what you think about the chances that this country could end up already be irretrievably broken in a societal sense, difficult to see a unified nation, isn't it? >> i think that's a very, very important and interesting question. because at this point, from what i can gather, joshua will landis says are 1,000 militias operating in syria.

there are government forces. they both certainly committing war crimes. both sides may have used chemical weapons. in that context, how do you knit back this country? it did happen in lebanon, after 15 years of a bloody civil war but you needed a pretty brutal, bloodletting and deal making. i think in syria we're still in the bloodletting phase and it's going to get worse before it gets better. i don't know what anyone can do to stop it because these forces are so -- you have this minority regime that's ruled the place for six decades. the lid has come off. all of the groups inside. it's turned into a free for all. >> and quickly, before we run out of time i did want to throw in iraq, just across the border, jihadists being seen in syria. when you look at iraq and its position, iran running weapons through iraq, to get to syria, iraq's a worry. >> iraq's worry. the whole region is a worry. we think of this region as being

comprised of nation states. but what's happening is you're getting a sunni bloc, saudi arabia, qatar, spearheading, and a shia block. iraqs part of the shia block. it's iraq, syria, hezbollah, iran, a raid against the force of sunni islam. the great divide in the middle east has become sectarian, not national. >> yeah. >> fareed, do you think peace talks in geneva will make any difference? >> i hope they will. the only way these things inis with some political deal. in lebanon it ended finally with some deal. here's the awful part. these guys have got to live together. is that possible, as john was saying, this is a very tough situation. you might have end up with a situation where assad stays for a while, the al low whites have given some protections because if assad is deposed there will be a massacre of the al low

whites in 15% of syria. whatever the deal, it's unsatisfying morally because no one side will win. that's nature of a political bargen. fareed, always great to have you on the program and getting your perspective. thanks so much. fareed's point, great point that this is sectarian. it's no longer nation states. this is religious divide. >> it's a proxy war. not a civil war. regional war. >> it is happening. covering as well the oscar pistorius murder case delayed for two months in south africa. want to take you to johannesburg. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree, maybe work in it, or be an engineer, helping walmart conserve energy. even

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welcome back, everyone. the man known as the blade runner back in court in south africa today. a murder case that has set off a media frenzy. >> oscar pistorius, accused of murdering his girlfriend, model reeve va steenkamp, the prosecution asked for and granted a delay in the case with

a focus on the defendant. here's robyn curnow. >> here he comes. here he comes. >> reporter: oscar pistorius emerged out of his car facing the on slot of the world's media. police clearing a path for him into the courthouse. and inside the courtroom, another media frenzy. the third time the world has seen pistorius since his february bail hearing. in the courtroom surrounded by his family. pistorius is charged by the police with pre meditameditated for the killing of his girlfriend. he denies the charge. pistorius says it was a mistaking, tragic accident that he thought an incrutruder was i his home. at the hearing which lasted less than 15 minutes proceedings postponed because the state needs more time to investigate. >> the postponement can indicate

one of two things. either the prosecutors are losing a bit of confidence in the basis of their case, alternatively, it could be an indication that the strength with which they came out of the gate of the bail hearing was a strategic ploy, they didn't know that they ha had evidence but hoping to flesh out the details of his defense. >> reporter: intense media interest also has the potential to complicate the legal process. inside the courtroom, the magistrate warned about this case becoming a trial by media. after photographs of the alleged crime scene were leaked to the press last week. he said that this kind of action could in his words, jeopardize the sanctity of justice and urged the prosecuting authority and police to take security breaches seriously. next time pistorius appears in this court, august 19th. a trial date should be set, and

he'll be given the opportunity to plead guilty or not guilty to the charges against him. a day of lead procedure but 19th is reba's birthday. robyn curnow, south africa. >> how case of a u.s. marine reservist hasn't been seen or heard from since may 14th, date he was kidnapped at gun point from his father's ran inch mexico. >> we'll find out what's being done to find him. next after a quick break. [ female announcer ] yoplait greek 100. 100% greek. 100% mmm... wow, that is mmm... it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. yoplait greek 100. it is so good.

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in latin america. >> hard to believe, but it's been 24 years since chinese troops and tanks moved in to crash a pro democracy protest in beijing's tiananmen square, that there on your screen. perhaps the most iconic image that sums up brutality of the crackdown. the young man facing off against a line of tanks. >> hundreds and possibl thousands of activists killed in the protest. the government has never given an official death toll. asking for help for finding a u.s. marine in mexico, torres kidnapped with his father and uncle by gunmen who showed up at his father's ranch. >> this happened across the boarder in northeastern mexico. it's 170 miles south of corpus christi, texas. it's been now 2 1/2 weeks since anyone has seen or heard from them, which is worrying. rafael romo joins us now. kidnaps have been going on in

mexico practically every day. you've got startling figures. tell but the figures and what happened here. >> for the last six years 26,000 people have been kidnapped in mexico. for the benefit of viewersing this area that we're talking, located near mcallen texas on the mexican side of the border. he was on the border. exactly three weeks ago on may 14, he decided to go across the border in mexico to visit his father who owns a ranch in the town. this is in the state, he has not been seen since. he disappeared, his father by the same name, and his uncle, all disappeared the same day. the family says they got a phone call, mysterious phone call the same week, saying they had been kidnapped but they have not had any communication ever since. one member of the family spoke with cnn affiliate kgbt and this

is what she had to say. >> bring it to mexico's attention. this is a marine. a war hero. i don't want to lose hope that he's alive but at the same time it is a big reality. >> you'll probably notice our affiliate had to cover her face because she's afraid to speak in public. that gives you an idea how terrorized are the people in the count country. the state south of texas, near the gulf of mexico, i was taking a look at some numbers regarding kidnappings in mexico. out of the 20 cities and towns with the highest number of kidnappings 5 of the 20 are located in mataulipas. why? it's a fight between two powerful cartels, trying to control drug routes into the united states. >> talking about this before, but the 11 kidnapped in mexico

city, that startling statistic, 26,000 people kidnapped in six years, should people go going, traveling, visiting mexico? >> the answer is depends where you're going. there are places in mexico where the murder rate is lower than canada. you can go to places like cancun where, yes, it has seen its share of violence but it's minimal compared to the stated along the border where you see most of the turf wars between the cartels. it all depends where you go. there are other places like acapulco which used to be safe, not anymore. it changes year to year. for the most part, americans are not being targeted because they are americans. sometimes american citizen like in this case gets in some sort of situation. but the suspicion is that, according to the family, whoever attacked this family was after the piece of land that the family has owned for generations and, again, strategic point for the cartels trying to smuggle drugs into the united states. >> okay.

thank you very much. appreciate it. >> amazing stuff. have a look at these pictures. extraordinary. water up to the second floor of stores and restaurants, historic flooding threatening much of central europe. >> up next, live to germany to see how one town is coping with all of that water. (announcer) born with a natural energy cycle... cats. they were born to play. to eat. then rest. to fuel the metabolic cycle they were born to have, purina one created new healthy metabolism wet and dry. with purina one and the right activity, we're turning feeding into a true nature experience. join us at purinaone.com

a wildfire 60% contained and people returning to homes. this is north of los angeles. the fight goes on in other western states. >> think is evergreen, coloradoer where firefighters got a call about a building on fire and ordered evacuations. now, in new mexico, fire has burned 8,000 acres, forced 100

families from their homes. the midwest where folks dealing with terrible flooding, watch this. this is the mississippi river, ten feet above flood stage in the st. louis area, parts of graphton, illinois under watter. >> remember when that was almost out of water. all right. crews helped hundreds of people get to safe ground after a levee broke. this happening in the town of west ulton in missouri. crews are checking on other levees to make sure they hold. the next couple of days nail-biters. more rain in the forecast for kansas, missouri, oklahoma and arkansas. flooding also huge problem today across central europe. in the czech republic the fire department says seven people have died. water levels have peaked in prague but cities downstream at risk. >> germany's chancellor, angela merkel, visited swamped towns and promised $130 million in emergency aid. water levels passed a 500-year

record in the historic town. the highest level since 1501. meteorologies warned dress den may also flood. southern poland slammed after heavy storms last flight. fire crews helping folks sandbag homes as well as communities. and now on to this poultry processing plant fire that left 120 people dead. this happened yesterday in china. today families who lost loved ones want answers. nic robertson, he's got the details. >> reporter: overcome by grief, a mother lying in the road. her only child is dead. where so many lost their lives, this industrial poultry farm, anguish and anger. as this lady tells us, her aunt is still missing. a policeman shuts us down.

we are told to move away from the crowd. across the road, another relative of a victim of the chicken farm fire is man handled away from us. when he does go, she cries out, my sister-in-law died right there, i have nothing to fear now. they died such a horrible death. because the door was shut. another relative, quietly tells us, workers couldn't get out, adding they complained about the doors before. at the nearby hospital, more anxious relatives scrutinize a list of survivors. inside, police control the corridor to the injured. relatives huddle nearby. my cousin only just got out alive, this lady tells us. she went to one door, it was locked. she went to another, and just managed to get her arm out through a tiny hole before she

was overcome and collapsed. as we wait, this woman wheeled off for surgery. she tells us she can barely talk. her jaw, arm, leg damaged. jumping from a window. meanwhile, close to the farm, a scuffle between families and police. the crowds have been growing through the morning, passions rising, tempers are flaring. and it's developed into a stand-off with the police line and the people here anxious to know about their relatives kept back from a chicken factory. when we talked to this man, the reason for so much anger becomes clearer. his wife is missing. he tells us she went to work at 4:00 a.m. and has had no news since. everyone is trying to add their story but he persists no one liked working there, he says.

16-hour days, not enough toilet break, no holidays. for a little over $300 a month. left with only anguish and no answers, anger is rising. bitter authorities are blocking them rather than finding their loved ones. nic robertson, cnn, china. >> disturbing story there for those poor people. coming up, queen elizabeth marking the 60th anniversary of her coronation. all eyes on the woman carrying the queen's future heir. >> the service up next. [ stewart ] this is the kind of food i love to cook. i'm very excited about making the shrimp and lobster pot pie. we've never cooked anything like this before. [ male announcer ] introducing red lobster's seaside mix & match. combine any 2 of 7 exciting choices on one plate for just $12.99! like new cheddar bay shrimp & lobster pot pie, and new parmesan crunch shrimp. plus salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits.

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the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ you're watching "around the world" on cnn. lately seems like the stock market loves tuesdays. >> yeah. the dow posting gains every tuesday for the past 20 weeks now. so will today be another super tuesday? >> let's take a look where we are, where we stand. the dow down 36. >> down. >> 36 points or so. >> a quarter of a percent. people say they have super tuesdays because of miserable mondays which are traditional, too, 12 out of 18 down on monday. >> just want up, up, up. big day for briton queen elizabeth, 60 years since crowned in westminster abbey. >> a rainy day. today, it was sunny.

the royals in 2000 of closest friends and subjects went back to the abbey for a celebratory service. ♪ >> coronation service had all of the pomp and ceremony you expect for such momentum occasions. kate williams joins us london, author of "young elizabeth, the making of our queen." tell us about how the day unfolded. >> it's been a pretty big day here in britain. it's not a public holiday. people are really excited to celebrate the coronation of elizabeth ii. of course last year celebrated 60 years on the throne. but because your queen, the queen has to wait a year before crowned the actual coronation was in 1953. going back to 1953, when she was a young mother of two, britain was a completely different place, most of it was manual labors. britain transformed hugely.

what was din about the coronation the first big televised event. television was a novelty in britain. we crowded around our screens, desperate to watch it. it had to be flown over the atlantic so canadians could watch it, too. the fact she's been on the thrown for 60 years, having to be our longest reigning monarch in the world. >> awesome. old television. nice. >> i've got to ask, as you say, longest reigning, approaching that anyway. we have seen in other parts of europe monarchs step down. wishing her a long life and good health, prince charles is getting on a bit himself, he's 65, i think. is she likely to step down? some people say she's so serious about the responsibility she is doing for life. >> good question. unfortunately for prince charles, there's no way the queen's going to step down. she's determined to do it to the

end, unlike queen beatrix she did abdicate. the queen sees it as a religious duty. in the coronation she was anointed by god by the queen and it's god's gift and only god can take it away been she'll keep going and only if she loses her mind will charles take over. it's unlikely. it's very possible we won't see charles come to the throne until he's in his 80s and william, too, will be old. >> kate, we've 0 got to ask you about katharine duchess of cambridge and the royal baby bump. what does she look like? any sense of a boy or girl? >> it is looking bigger and bigger. some people saying there's not much of a bump. but it's getting big. definitely a baby in there. well, prince harry suggested it's a boy but he -- we know how he's a joker. he could be playing a joke. what i hear is that kate is going to have a baby shower.

mums-to-be in britain, we don't have baby showers where it's common in america. if kate has a baby shower, perhaps we'll start a new trend. a baby shower you find out what the sex is. perhaps some of the people will tell us. >> very quickly, before i let you know, talking about the old and the new when it comes to the royals. prince philip, he actually canceled, i think, an event but did show up to this. he's 92. he looked frail today, i've got to say. >> you're right, michael. 92, all of us want to look like him at 92. but i think often in britain we forget he is getting on. it's a difficult job. it's hard work for him. and i think increasingly the queen and the duke will step back a bit from the more arduous travel and let charles and camilla take over. he's 92, she's 87. most people their age want their feet up by the fire and doing the crossword. >> or even be around would be a

good thing. >> fingers crossed. >> kate, thanks. love those old pictures. interesting to see. >> major televised event. >> blast from the past. being in congress comes with a lot of headaches. one senator has found a way to survive all of the stress. >> coming up, how he unwinds on a deserted island survivor style. spokesman i have to look my so bbest on camera.sing whether i'm telling people about how they could save money on car insurance with geico...

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well, it's the ultimate vacation, isn't it, resting up on a private island, that would be nice, wouldn't it? >> yeah, wow you'll think that's the way it goes. one senator visited an island that didn't have running water, electricity or hotels. >> i've been in places like that, i think. took two of his sons. what they call a survivalist trip, right? >> brian todd, an amazing adventure in the south pacific. watch this. >> reporter: they speared crabs in the surf, spear fished off breath take reefs, subsifted on what they caught plus coconuts for four days. marooned themselves on a deserted pacific island and lived to make an excellent video out of it. this isn't "survivor" while this guy may look like matthew mcconaughey it's not the summer blockbuster. this is jeff flake, republican senator from arizona on a survivalist trip last week with

his two youngest sons, 15 and 13year-old. what is the inspiration. >> four years ago a took a similar trip, 20 miles, stayed for 7 days and 7 nights. first thought was where's a cheese burger. and the next thought, this would be more fun with my kids. >> reporter: just getting there was ambitious. from phoenix to hawaii to the tiny thousand foot wide island, 10,400 miles round trip. what did they bring with them? >> we brought no food new york water about but desallen eighter pumps to pump sea watter. >> and a lobster trap lost to the shark. >> a speared a grouper, a big one, and it riggled the spear out of my hand and i had to dive down 20 feet to retrieve the spear with the fish on the end of it. by that time, four sharks closed in on the fish. we were about 50 yards out but

didn't want to lose our meal. we grabbed the spear and we hightailed it for sure. with the sharks in pursuit ja they made it back safely. sleeping under the palms and stars in hammocks might seem to most of us like the best part. nope. >> the best part was every night we had to pump water for an hour and both boys would sit down with a pump in their hand and the lead would be put in the ocean and we'd watch the sun set. there were no cell phones, no texting. no distraction. >> reporter: flake and his wife have five children. two oldest are married. the middle one's in college. during last campaign cycle flake wasn't around much and promised this trip to his two youngest boys. >> reporter: what does your wife think of this in is there's a flake family tradition? >> she was worried at dangers but she valued the time that i would be able to spend with the boys. more than the risks there. and so she was a good sport

about it. she says i'll go back to the island when there's a hotel on it. >> reporter: senator flake says that the last time he did this four years ago he got very good advice from his wife. she suggested he keep a journal and share it with the media to quell skepticism about the trip. that came around the time then-south carolina governor mark sanford was caught lying about a supposed hiking trip on the appalachian trail when sanford was really in argentina with his girlfriend. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> news just crossing. france's foreign minister, he's announced that they did lab tests on some samples taken out of syria, french lab tests, and they got results of the tests and it shows to them with certainty, he said that sarin gas had been used in syria. the wording was several times and in a localized manner. quote was france now has certainty of the results. he said that they passed them on to the united nations relevant

bodies as well. >> he doesn't say who used sarin gas against, whether or not it was the government or the rebels. but that would be very important in terms of how france, uk, the united states responds to the news. this would be the first time that they would confirm sarin gas was used. >> saying with certainty from lab tests, from samples collected bay u.n. fact finding mission. u.n. saying they have certainty both sides used toxins at various points. worrying stuff. >> all right. we'll move on to the woman circled here in this picture. named joan, from california. but that is all that a boston bombing suspect knows about this woman that she says saved her life. we'll hear more about this mystery coming up in the next hour on "cnn newsroom." all kinds of mishaps on cruise ships lately. are they safe? anderson cooper investigates the cruise industry tonight 8:00 eastern. [ male announcer ] this is bob,

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>> in case you don't remember from science class, triceratops three-horned plant eating dinosaur lived 67 million years ago. very cool stuff. >> yeah. very cool. that will do it for me. thanks for watching "around the world." i'm out of here. you're sticking around. >> "cnn newsroom" starts now. a levee breach in missouri forces hundreds to leave their homes. could get worse today. we are live from the flood zone. and while fires raging in three states threatening thousands of homes. plus -- protests turn violent in turkey and they show this signs of letting up. this is "cnn newsroom." i'm suzanne malveaux. parts of the midwest under water right now. there is more rain in the